Alessandra Casazza is the Manager of the UNDP Resilience Hub for Africa since 2020. She has over 20 years of experience working with UNDP at country, regional and global level, and with the private sector (KPMG in Italy and at Audit New Zealand). Alessandra served at the UNDP Regional Service Center for Africa as Team Leader (OiC) of the Inclusive Growth team and as Regional Programme Advisor on Inclusive Growth and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Prior, she worked at UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Center in Bangkok, at HQ in New York and UNDP Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste. Alessandra has an MSc in development economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, UK, and a MSc in economics and business administration from the University of Perugia, Italy.

Session: De-risking resilience: Best practices and lessons learnt to build sustainable peace